Author: jtanon@... Time: Sat Aug 11, 2001 5:21 am PDT Link
Phil points out that the building manual is advisory while the plans are
definitive. I would agree with that statement, and add two caveats.
First, even with the plans one needs to be careful. There are places where
the rivet callouts are in error on the plans (the HS411 comes to mind), and
places where one would like just one more view to check some detail. One
needs to really think things through, check with a rivet gague, measure
twice, and in general look ahead and understand what is going to take place
before doing anything irrevocable like cutting, bending, or drilling.
Second, I have found several plaecs in the manual where the steps seem to be
out of order. "Completing The Skeleton of the Horizontal Stab" on page 6-4
is an example. Again the solution is to understand the whole operation,
spending whatever shop time is necessary scratching your head and saying,
"Huh?" before you put tool to metal.
For the poster who was asking about tools: I too found that the Avery kit
gives you what you need. I have used all the tools in the kit. These folks
have really figured out the minimum number of tools needed. The 10% discount
on the kit, and avoiding the frustration of not having a tool you need, makes
ordering the whole kit at the start of the project a given in my mind. I
dropped the hand squeezer and added a pnuematic squeezer with the adjustable
set. I find the pnuematic squeezer to be one of my favorite tools. If you
have an extra five bucks, order an additional cleco plier. I don't know
about you other builders, but my cleco pliers are always on the other side of
the shop when I need them.
John McDonnell (finishing the rudder today)
Author: bcollins@... Time: Sat Aug 11, 2001 1:11 pm PDT Link
John:
Your suggestions have worked great. I stopped trying to do a line
by line/paragraph by paragraph via the manual and started spending
more time with the drawings, referring back to the manual for back-
up...and walking it through past the step I otherwise would be on so
I could see why it was that I was being asked to do what I was being
asked to. Thanks a lot.
Quick question, on the drawings where it says R/ 1/4 TYP, which I
presume to indicate the radius...what does the abbreviation TYP. mean?
Bob
step-by-step
--- In RV7and7A@y..., jtanon@a... wrote:
> Phil points out that the building manual is advisory while the
plans are
> definitive. I would agree with that statement, and add two
caveats.
>
> First, even with the plans one needs to be careful. There are
places where
> the rivet callouts are in error on the plans (the HS411 comes to
mind), and
> places where one would like just one more view to check some
detail. One
> needs to really think things through, check with a rivet gague,
measure
> twice, and in general look ahead and understand what is going to
take place
> before doing anything irrevocable like cutting, bending, or
drilling.
>
> Second, I have found several plaecs in the manual where the steps
seem to be
> out of order. "Completing The Skeleton of the Horizontal Stab" on
page 6-4
> is an example. Again the solution is to understand the whole
operation,
> spending whatever shop time is necessary scratching your head and
saying,
> "Huh?" before you put tool to metal.
>
> For the poster who was asking about tools: I too found that the
Avery kit
> gives you what you need. I have used all the tools in the kit.
These folks
> have really figured out the minimum number of tools needed. The
10% discount
> on the kit, and avoiding the frustration of not having a tool you
need, makes
> ordering the whole kit at the start of the project a given in my
mind. I
> dropped the hand squeezer and added a pnuematic squeezer with the
adjustable
> set. I find the pnuematic squeezer to be one of my favorite
tools. If you
> have an extra five bucks, order an additional cleco plier. I don't
know
> about you other builders, but my cleco pliers are always on the
other side of
> the shop when I need them.
>
> John McDonnell (finishing the rudder today)
Author: schybolt@... Time: Sat Aug 11, 2001 3:41 pm PDT Link
Bob,
typical
Larry
a draftsman in Austin